Secunia Security Advisory – Apple has issued an update for Java for Mac OS X. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, manipulate certain data, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

Apple Security Advisory 2012-10-16-1 – Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Java 1.6.0_35, the most serious of which may allow an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox. Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user.

Australian Macworld Anonymous takes offence at WikiLeaks Australian Macworld How broad the disillusionment within Anonymous towards WikiLeaks is hard to determine, because of the amorphous structure of the former. Nevertheless, press releases and tweets on Twitter show at least an anti- WikiLeak faction within hacker group

Yahoo!7 News Assange lawyers look to sue Australian PM Yahoo!7 News SYDNEy, Oct 8, 2012 (AFP) – – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in an interview published Monday he has hired a legal team to establish whether he has a case to sue Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for defamation. The Australian founder of … and more